Anaesthetic Senior Clinical Fellow ST4 (MT04)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 May 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity as arisen within the Anaesthetic department for a senior clinical fellow to join our ACSA accredited department and enhance your skills.

This post is aimed at doctors with at least 2 years anaesthetic experience who are taking a year out from training, or whom are considering pursuing a speciality doctor career. Doctors with less experience will be considered provided they have obtained initial competencies in Anaesthesia, Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care. The post would also be suitable for doctors with more experience, who wish to gain the final FRCA and re-enter training. The responsibilities of the post will reflect the previous experience of the post-holder.

Fellows will have CPD sessions when not covering night duties, some of which will be used to attend the monthly department governance and education half days. Doctors wishing to gain the primary FRCA may use this time to participate in our departmental examination teaching programme. For those aspiring to gain the final FRCA, we offer a programme of support for MCQ, SAQ and VIVA practice.

** Please note this post may close early if we receive high number of applications **

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work across all areas of anaesthesia, including obstetric anaesthesia and critical care and as such must have basic competencies in all 3 area. They will have responsibility for acute and emergency care.

We can provide areas of additional interest and support doctors with exams, QI projects, teaching opportunities and are proud of our record in supporting doctors into training posts.

The posts are initially for a fixed term contract of 6 - 12 months but could be extended if mutually agreeable. The posts are designed to be fulltime but applicants wishing to work less than full-time will be considered. A 40 hr week job plan (with pro rata basic salary) is also available

About us

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

Cycle to Work
Travel Scheme
Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
Onsite Nursery
Buying and Selling Annual Leave
Car Leasing
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Health and Wellbeing
Extensive Reward Scheme
Counselling Service
Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

Committed to Quality of Care
Compassion
Working together for patients
Improving Lives
Everyone Counts
Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Date posted

21 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

423-7118489

Job locations

Airedale Hospital

Skipton Rd, Steeton,

Keighley

BD20 6TD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing anaesthetic and critical care across a range of specialites in our diverse district general hospital. You will work a rota with out of hours commitment either 1 in 8 or 1 in 10 with support from a non resident consultant. You will be expected to supervise more junior members of staff within the department. Please see attached job description and person spec for more information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in designing and implementing quality improvement projects
Teaching experience
Minimum of 2 years anaesthetics experience.
Basic competencies in anaesthesia, critical care medicine and obstetric anaesthesia
Able to cover acute theatres, obstetric & critical care on-call duties
NHS experience

Desirable

Experience in supervising junior anaesthetic trainees

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
Core anaesthesia training or equivalent
Full registration with General Medical Council

Desirable

Primary FRCA
BSc/MSc/MD/PhD

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in designing and implementing quality improvement projects
Teaching experience
Minimum of 2 years anaesthetics experience.
Basic competencies in anaesthesia, critical care medicine and obstetric anaesthesia
Able to cover acute theatres, obstetric & critical care on-call duties
NHS experience

Desirable

Experience in supervising junior anaesthetic trainees

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
Core anaesthesia training or equivalent
Full registration with General Medical Council

Desirable

Primary FRCA
BSc/MSc/MD/PhD

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).